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Late Antiquity, here defined as the period between the accession of Diocletian in 284 ce and the end of the Roman rule in the Mediterranean, is one of the most exciting periods of ancient history. Since the 1960s its depiction as a period of decline and fall has been seriously challenged and, despite a recent controversy over its periodization, Late Antiquity is now conceived as an era of multiple transformations: political, economic, social, religious, and cultural.

Late Antiquity, here defined as the period between the accession of Diocletian in 284 ce and the end of the Roman rule in the Mediterranean, is one of the most exciting periods of ancient history. Since the 1960s its depiction as a period of decline and fall has been seriously challenged and, despite a recent controversy over its periodization, Late Antiquity is now conceived as an era of multiple transformations: political, economic, social, religious, and cultural.